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DAVID Cameron's Cabinet reshuffle last week resulted in a change of ministers at Defra. Owen Paterson has been appointed as the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, replacing Caroline Spelman, and David Heath takes over from Jim Paice as farming minister. Lord de Mauley has replaced Lord Taylor of Holbeach as under-secretary of state in the House of Lords.

Mr Paterson, who has been the Conservative MP for North Shropshire since 1997, joins Defra after serving …

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